A recent survey by the Downtown Allaince showed
that more Utahns are feeling a sense of
ownership and connection with downtown Salt
Lake City. Residential and business venues
continue to expand in the city's downtown
central business district.

The eighth installment of the Planet of the Apes franchise, "Dawn of
the Planet of the Apes," is now in theaters. While the film has some
problems, it's likely the best film in the franchise as well as one of the
better movies of 2014 so

Two Utah World War II veterans who fought their
way across the Pacific seven decades ago
recently were reunited. They had not seen each
other since the end of the war, but their bond
of friendship spans the decades.

Here we go again. Another poll adding to the
feeding frenzy over a possible third Mitt
Romney run for the White House. While the
2012 Republican presidential nominee's
repeatedly said he's not running again, the
attention such speculation captures is a sign
at the moment of the wide open nature of the
next GOP nomination race.

Concluding its investigation into the
unintended anthrax exposure at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the
CDC says it has found another more
"distressing" problem due to lab workers not
following protocol.

A strong earthquake hit Japan's northern coast Saturday near the
nuclear power plant crippled in the 2011 tsunami. At least one person
was injured and a small tsunami was triggered, but no damage was
reported.

Investigators determined that spontaneous combustion caused a
large compost fire in South Salt Lake, Thursday evening, which
reignited Friday morning and caused hundreds of thousands of
dollars in damage.

The Palestinian death toll from
Israel's massive air campaign in Gaza topped
100 people
Friday as rockets fired by militants reached
deeper into
Israel - and for the first time in the
fighting, struck
from neighboring Lebanon.

A former Tabiona High School teacher who was fired in December
after he became the subject of a police investigation entered into a
plea deal on the same day he was charged with sexual-related crimes
with a student.

According to the Better Business Bureau,
foreign lottery schemes cost
Americans more than $100 million a year. When
an elderly Utah man
got notified he'd won $650,000, he thought
his ship had come in.
Instead he is out thousands of dollars.

People always talk about enjoying the journey, but online GPS and
mapping tools haven't taken that to heart, offering only the quickest,
least congested or cheapest routes. Yahoo! is looking to change that,
looking for the most beautiful routes.

A man accused of killing six members of his ex-wife's family,
including four children, after forcing his way into their suburban
Houston home collapsed in court twice Friday as a prosecutor read
out details of the crime.

A man with a history of creating explosive devices is facing a new
charge after police say he intended to sell an explosive device to an
undercover officer and possibly use such a device to injure officers.